New report from Mary Ward Centre

Check out this new report from the Mary Ward Centre: No One Left Behind? An Intersectional Analysis of the 2030 Agenda in Canada. Executive summary: Using intersectional and equity lenses to examine the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), we learned from the experiences of those most impacted by pandemic disruptions. In particular, we focused on the …

CCRC meets with UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery

On Monday August 28, the CCRC was thrilled to join the UN Special Rapporteur, Mr. Tomoya Obokata, responsible for slavery on his visit to Canada. Mr. Tomoya Obokata was appointed UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery in March 2020. Mr. Obokata is a Japanese scholar of international law and human rights, specialising in transnational organised crime, …

Call for input: Views of youth-led and youth-focused organizations and institutions on the future of human rights for the development of the Human Rights 75 Youth Declaration

This year, the world commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) – a miraculous text adopted by the United Nations. The Human Rights 75 initiative, led by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) recalls the consensus imagined by the UDHR, looks to the future, and seeks to …

Winners of the 3rd annual Children’s Rights Writing & Expression Competition!

The CCRC is thrilled to announce the winners of our 3rd annual Children Write! competition. This year’s question was: How can Canada do a better job to make sure children learn about their rights? Think of creative ways you would want to learn about your rights, and ideas for how adults (including teachers, governments, social …

New Child Rights Impact Assessment Course

New course by the Ministry of Justice on CRIA (Child Rights Impact Assessments). A Child Rights Impact Assessment (CRIA) is a tool that helps people understand how a proposed law, policy or decision might affect children’s human rights.  This course is open for anyone to take. Please share widely with your networks: https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/csj-sjc/cria-erde/index.html.

The CCRC’s UPR Submission

Universal Periodic Review of Canada March 29, 2023                                                   Submission by the Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children Who we are: The Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children (CCRC) is a national umbrella group of organizations and individuals committed to the full implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Canada …